Abstract
In 2009, 28 European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 25,917 newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Sex among men who have sex with men was the most common transmission mode (35%) followed by heterosexual contact (24%). Overall, the number of HIV cases in 2009 increased while the number of reported acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnoses continued to decline. It is of concern that a high proportion of the patients with known CD4 cells count at the time of HIV diagnosis had a CD4 cell count below 350 cells/µl suggesting no timely access to treatment and care.
Highlights
In the European Economic Area (EU/EEA), 25,917 people were newly diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2009, reported by 28 countries, a rate of 5.7 per 100,000 population
The highest rates of new HIV diagnoses were reported by Estonia (30.7), Latvia (12.2), the United Kingdom (UK) (10.7) and Belgium (10.3)
Five per cent of HIV cases were reported among intravenous drug users (IDU)
Summary
Citation style for this article: Likatavicius G, Van de Laar MJ. HIV and AIDS in the European Union, 2009. In 2009, 28 European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 25,917 newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Sex among men who have sex with men was the most common transmission mode (35%) followed by heterosexual contact (24%). The number of HIV cases in 2009 increased while the number of reported acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnoses continued to decline. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), 2009. In the EU/EEA, 25,917 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in 2009, reported by 28 countries, a rate of 5.7 per 100,000 population. Sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) is the predominant reported mode of transmission in EU/EEA, accounting for 35% of the HIV diagnoses, followed by heterosexual contact (24%) when cases from countries with generalised HIV epidemics are excluded. The highest proportion of cases classified as heterosexually transmitted and originating from countries with generalised epidemics, was observed
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